Semua Bab My Stepbrother Destroyed Me, Then Lost Me Forever: Bab 1 - Bab 7

My phone blew up with endless harassing texts and anonymous phone calls.All of them filled with vile slurs and insults.My hands shook as I blocked each number, one by one.My mother told me she’d called the school and gotten me an extended leave of absence.But I couldn’t let her know I was leaving the country. I had to get back to campus to finalize my paperwork.She’d never had time for me anyway. Even if I left, it would probably be weeks before she even noticed I was gone.Leo had forced the photos offline, but nearly everyone at the school had seen them.Everywhere I went, eyes followed me, curious, mocking, judgmental, accompanied by low, muttered whispers.“Who would have thought? She’s so quiet and put-together normally, but she’s actually so easy.”“Hey, you think I’d have a shot with her…”Suffocating shame and terror wrapped around me like a vice. My chest tightened until I could barely breathe, and I don’t remember how I made it out of the school building.I was walking

[Vincent’s POV]A restless, gnawing unease suddenly coiled tight around my chest in the VIP ward of the private hospital.The doctor had said Isabella would be fine, that she just needed plenty of rest.I’d let out a breath of relief at that, but for some reason, the heaviness in my gut wouldn’t lift.I told the maids to look after Isabella properly, then turned to head back to the estate to get some rest.As I passed Elena’s ward, that irritation flared even hotter. It’s all her fault, I thought to myself. How dare she lay a hand on me? I’ll make her and her mother pay for this, I swear.When I got to the ward the next day, Isabella was already awake, chattering away to Leo on her phone about all the fun she’d had overseas.When she saw me walk in, her face lit up in a bright smile. “Vincent! You’re here! Perfect, I have great news to share with you both! I even have you two to thank for it, we finally managed to get rid of Elena!”“What did you say? What do you mean, got rid of Elena

[Elena’s POV]Three years later.In Geneva, Switzerland, the annual Global Medical Excellence Awards were being held in the auditorium of the world’s leading international medical research institute.The new technology Professor Evans and I had co-developed had finally succeeded in clinical trials, setting a new milestone in the field of global cardiac medicine.For more than three years, I’d barely stepped foot outside the institute’s walls.Everything about this foreign country was unfamiliar, but for the first time in my life, I felt safe.After the ceremony ended, my colleagues dragged me out, insisting on throwing me a celebration dinner at a Michelin-starred restaurant in the city center.It had been years since I’d let myself relax, so I smiled and said yes.What I never expected, though, was to see Vincent Corleone and Leo Moretti waiting for me outside the restaurant doors.It looked like they’d been waiting for a very long time.The two men who’d once ruled the New York under